Catechism Paragraph 1222
Part 2:
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
Section 2: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Chapter 1: THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
Article 1: THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Section 2: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Chapter 1: THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
Article 1: THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Finally, Baptism is prefigured in the crossing of the Jordan River by which the People of God received the gift of the land promised to Abraham's descendants, an image of eternal life. the promise of this blessed inheritance is fulfilled in the New Covenant.